As a New York City apartment dweller, the potential for a backyard playhouse eludes me, and I’m really sorry about that after seeing how much fun such a thing provides for Bernadette, Penny, and Amy this week.

Lest we think newlyweds Sheldon and Amy are going to happily glide through the final season of The Big Bang Theory … their dream of a world-changing science discovery is dead.

Bob Newhart is a national treasure.

Penny uses a parenting book as an “answer key to the Sheldon test.”

Professor Proton returns!

We are a week away from Sheldon and Amy’s wedding and there are two big hurdles the gang must overcome.

“The Retraction Reaction” defaults to a catfight for a cheap laugh.

Super Asymmetry, Super Asymmetry, Super Asymmetry … that’s going to be the main Shamy story line for the rest of the series, apparently.

This isn’t the first time TBBT has gone askew with its characters in terms of the way they treat women.